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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2015, 7:25 PM CDT for Crosby County, Lubbock County, Texas. It was in force for 35 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2015, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Crosby County, TX, Lubbock County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:33 PM CDT | TORNADO | 7 S Lorenzo, TX | CONFIRMED VIA STREAMING VIDEO |
| May 5, 7:33 PM CDT | TORNADO | 7 S Lorenzo, TX | SECOND TORNADO. LASTED FROM 727 TO 733 PM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 185 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 416 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
622
WFUS54 KLUB 060025
TORLUB
TXC107-303-060100-
/O.NEW.KLUB.TO.W.0002.150506T0025Z-150506T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
725 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN CROSBY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS...
EASTERN LUBBOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 724 PM CDT...A TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
SOUTH OF LORENZO...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF SLATON...MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS
WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SLATON...RALLS...LORENZO...CAPROCK AND CONE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3345 10164 3374 10165 3381 10134 3340 10128
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 264DEG 21KT 3358 10153
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
SC1 follow-up statement
813
WWUS54 KLUB 060032
SVSLUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
732 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015
TXC303-060041-
/O.CAN.KLUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150506T0100Z/
LUBBOCK TX-
732 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LUBBOCK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING FOR LUBBOCK COUNTY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3344 10156 3376 10156 3381 10134 3340 10128
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 288DEG 13KT 3356 10137
$$
TXC107-060100-
/O.CON.KLUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150506T0100Z/
CROSBY TX-
732 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
CROSBY COUNTY...
AT 731 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CAPROCK...OR 7
MILES SOUTH OF RALLS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RALLS...LORENZO...CAPROCK AND CONE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3344 10156 3376 10156 3381 10134 3340 10128
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 288DEG 13KT 3356 10137
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
SCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Lubbock | 44 min |
| May 5, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Crosby | 35 min |
| May 5, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens, Motley | 48 min |
| May 5, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Dickens | 29 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.